Re: Blake Austin. : Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:12 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

Sounds like a great shout lefty. It would create a lot more trust and credibility in the international game.

bring back the old great Britain shirt and i agree..... i know its nice to experiment and have 'British teams'... but when they did away with GB team, they did away with the pinnacle for a player.... Nothing we have anymore even gets close to resembling the GB team down under.

Bring it back, put a lion on everyone's chest.... even have british coal on the front.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:28 pm  

I believe that the RLIF and other RL associations turn a blind eye to players "swopping" nationalities as it helps spread talent across more teams for a world cup. However, it only makes the competition more competitive to a certain degree, as there's only three teams capable of making a final.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sat Jul 20, 2019 9:20 pm  

My understanding is you can only play for one 'tier one' team, being Australia, England (Presumably GB) and New Zealand..

All the others are tier two, hence why you see a lot of South Sea Islanders play for Tonga, Fiji or Samoa before and after NZ.

I don't believe Austin could ever play for Australia if/when he plays for England, and obviously he's represented Portugal

Re: Blake Austin. : Sat Jul 20, 2019 11:04 pm  

paul scunthorpe wrote:

My understanding is you can only play for one 'tier one' team, being Australia, England (Presumably GB) and New Zealand..

All the others are tier two, hence why you see a lot of South Sea Islanders play for Tonga, Fiji or Samoa before and after NZ.

I don't believe Austin could ever play for Australia if/when he plays for England, and obviously he's represented Portugal

Did they change the rule after Tony Carroll then?

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 12:04 am  

The irony here of people saying you can play for England and GB, almost as if you can love two entities.

I was born in Wales with a Welsh mother. Raised in England (Warrington) with an English father.

What box should I tick?

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 12:23 am  

Jack Napier wrote:

The irony here of people saying you can play for England and GB, almost as if you can love two entities.

I was born in Wales with a Welsh mother. Raised in England (Warrington) with an English father.

What box should I tick?

....well what's your feelings towards sheep?


Sorry I couldn't resist.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:55 am  

Jack Napier wrote:

The irony here of people saying you can play for England and GB, almost as if you can love two entities.

I was born in Wales with a Welsh mother. Raised in England (Warrington) with an English father.

What box should I tick?

Quite simple. You pick either England or Wales, AND IT STAYS THAT WAY, until the end of your career. SHOULD the RFL chose to resurrect the GB brand, the Home Nations entity would be put on hold, and you automatically become eligible for a GB Jersey. Not difficult, is it? You're causing an issue where the wouldn't be one.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:22 am  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

Quite simple. You pick either England or Wales, AND IT STAYS THAT WAY, until the end of your career. SHOULD the RFL chose to resurrect the GB brand, the Home Nations entity would be put on hold, and you automatically become eligible for a GB Jersey. Not difficult, is it? You're causing an issue where the wouldn't be one.

Disagree, there's no issue if you're free with choice...you put put a restraint in then you have an issue.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:50 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

Disagree, there's no issue if you're free with choice...you put put a restraint in then you have an issue.

Unfortunately, life has restraints. You have to make decisions in life. Too much me, me, me, I want everything, life's not fair, attitude, in today's society.

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:18 am  

My great grandparents were Irish and I have a welsh uncle..I was born in Warrington general..makes me English..I know in some cases offspring follow in parents beliefs.. Ask em where they were born...also what do these put on there passports born in Canberra but want to play for Ireland...